The Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) in Brazilian educational narratives

The text presents the partial conclusions of the research in which a comparative analysis was made of narratives that address the issue of Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) within the set of History textbooks of Elementary School approved by the Brazilian National Textbook Program (Programa Nacional do Livro Didático - PNLD/2011). Possible trends of sense production based on reading are looked for in the set of narratives, considering that, in the organization of their components, such texts carry a potential of meanings which are updated at each reading. Since the narratives cover recent historical events, it is concluded that social memory and history play a peculiar role as mechanisms external to narrative that reflect their internal mechanisms and possibilities of history meaning. In this analysis, elements of language studies and theory of history, with regard to its teaching, are broadly present. How to reference this article Rocha, H. (2015). A Ditadura Militar (1964-1985) nas narrativas didáticas brasileiras. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 2(1), pp. 97-120. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2015.002.001.00